Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Elizabeth Nodsby, in religion Elizabeth Didacus.
Born: in Ditton, Lancs.
Died: 28 Dec 1750 in Bruges, aged 54.
Convert.

father: George Nodsby
mother: Mary Williamson

Franciscans, Bruges lay sister.
She was clothed 27 Jun 1726, aged 30.

She professed 16 Jul 1727, aged 31.

Sources: BC: 63-4; BD: 215; BP: 157.

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'A very laborious devout & good religious having been converted to the Catholick faith some few years before she came over...' BD p216